Incoherencia entre el nivel asistencial de las Unidades Neonatales y los pacientes atendidos / Inconsistency between the level of care in Neonatal Units and the patients in care

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Diverse perspectives. Minority executives and their peers tout the benefits of broader representation in the C-suite, boardrooms.

The growing diversity of the American population means a need for more diversity in the executive ranks, according to those honored on Modern Healthcare's list of the 2012 Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare. Healthcare reform will exacerbate that need, according to one honoree, Jackie DeSouza.

Corporate social responsibility and the future health care manager.

The decisions and actions of health care managers are oftentimes heavily scrutinized by the public. Given the current economic climate, managers may feel intense pressure to produce higher results with fewer resources. This could inadvertently test their moral fortitude and their social consciousness. A study was conducted to determine what corporate social responsibility orientation and viewpoint future health care managers may hold. The results of the study indicate that future health care managers may hold patient care in high regard as opposed to profit maximization. However, the results of the study also show that future managers within the industry may continue to need rules, laws, regulations, and legal sanctions to guide their actions and behavior.

Nursing home procedures on transitions of care.

OBJECTIVE: To identify nursing home standards through a nationwide survey of directors of nursing regarding transitions of care for residents transferred from acute care hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). METHODS: A national survey was distributed online and was completed by 241 directors of nursing of SNFs. The directors of nursing were asked about communication methods, transfer of records, and staff involvement with admissions from acute care hospitals. RESULTS: The results of the survey demonstrated widespread use of an admission coordinator in the nursing home to direct admissions to the facility. Admission nurses consistently had the most responsibility for ascertaining the correct medication regimen on admission to the facility. Although there was a variation in types of records received from the hospitals, more than 80% received medication administration record or discharge/transfer sheet within 1hour of a patient's arrival. CONCLUSION: The results of this survey demonstrate that although direct verbal communication is not the norm, communication via paper documentation of transfer information is highly common. There was a statistically significantly increased likelihood of the SNF receiving the discharge/transfer sheet and the last medication list when it was directly affiliated with the transferring hospital. These affiliations would increase as a result of proposed payment changes that would bundle Medicare Part A acute hospital payments with the SNF payment.